......trouble free transmission........

This is how the opposition felt tonight.

Quiz night away at the Rose and Crown in Ramsbottom....we led from the first question to the last..and won 31-49!

I got questions right on subjects as diverse as flowers, Naval Rum, Airships, 1990's boy bands, long distance footpaths and Ranch skills.

Some for you to try.
1. Named by Pliny which flower of the Iris family takes its name from its sword like leaves?
2. Which exotic flower takes its name for the Greek word for testicle due to the shape of its root?
3. Pyrosis is the medical name for which digestive condition?
4. Borborygmus is the medical name for which embarrassing digestive condition?
5. In which 1939 film did the titular character leave in a hot air balloon with Omaha State Fair written on the side?
6. Knut Jensen, a Dane, collapsed of heat stroke and an overdose of Ronical stimulant taking part in which sport at the Rome Olympics?
7. Which 1990's boy band took their name from a shopping area in their home town of Orlando, Florida?
8. Bobby Driscoll became the first actor to voice the title role in a Disney animated movie with which role in 1953?
9. Which Moslem leader was born in Tikrit in the 11th century?
10. Which dictator was born in Tikrit 800 years after the leader in question 9?


Been cleared to go back to the gym tomorrow!

Das vidanya moy padruga.



The answers...you want the answers?
1. Gladiolus
2.Orchid
3. Heartburn
4. Stomach rumbling
5. The Wizard of Oz
6. Cycling
7. Back street Boys
8. Peter Pan
9. Saladin
10. Saddam Hussein